Phonograph or talking-machine.



D. HULDEN. PHONOGRAPH 0R TALKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED IuLY I4. I9I3.

1,170,258. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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:oELos HOLDEN, or EAST GRANGE, NEW JEESEY, ASSIGNOE, BY MmNE'AssIe-NMENTS, To NEW JERSEY PATENT comm, or WEST o EANeE, NEW JERSEY, A coEPoEa- TION 9F NEW IERSEY.

rnonoennrn on. TALKING-MACHINE.

T 0 all 'whom it may concern: Beit known that I, DELos HOLDEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of following is a description.'

`My invention relates to phonographs o r talking machines and more particularly. to phonographs or talking machines of. the cabinet type having a movable cover which contains the usual horn or sound amplifier.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved device of this character having one or more covers which may be opened or closed without forming a break in or interrupting the continuity or varying',

the length of the sound conveying passage or passages through which the Sound Waves from the reproducer pass to the atmosphere, the generic invention and one species thereof being claimed in an application, Serial No. 763,702 filed by me on' April 26, 1913 and entitled phonographs or talking machines. In this application I shall describe and claim another species of the invention.

In order that the invention `Irl-aye be more' clearly understood, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawing forming a'part of this specification and in Figure 1 is a view partly 'in vertical Vsection and 'partly in elevation showingv a talkiing machine embodying a form of..my invention comprising a plurality of covers and amplifiers, the covers being shown in open position in dotted lines; Fig. 2: is a view of the same partly in plan and partly 'in hori- 1 zontal section; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a talking machine containing another embodiment of lily invention.

In the views like parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

Referring to the drawing and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, the cabinet shown comprises -a base or body portion 1 and hollow covers 2 pivotally'supported in' a manner hereinafter more fully described. `A horizontal partition plate or other similar support 3 extends across and is secured in any suitable manner to the top'of the raten-tee Een. i, raie.,

Application led July 14, 1913. Serial No. 778,824.

body portion of the cabinet, the'partition plate supporting on its lower Side a casing 4 which incloses Ya motor (not shown) for rotating vthe turntable or support 5 upon which the sound record 6 to be reproduced is sound conveying armrS which isprovided at its rear with a downwardly extending portion communicating with andlpivotally supported by 'a tubular sound conveying 'member 9. The sound conveying member 9- is stationary and may besecured to the cabinet in any suitable Way, as by means of 'brackets 10. form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, extends transversely of the cabinet from Vone side to the other and is preferably of increasing cross section from the point at which the sound waves from the reproducer are discharged into the same bythe .arm 8 The said member 9, in the I toward its opposite ends at the sides of the W5 cabinet. The ends of the sound conveying member 9 are provided with forwardly extending outlet portions 11, the axes of which are parallel and are located at ,the intersection of the top surface of the support 3 and the outer surfaces of the side walls of the cabinet. Each of the covers Shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises aside wall 12, a rear wall 13, and a top wall 14, the inner edges of the top and rear Walls of one cover being adapted to contact with the corresponding edges of the top and rear walls of the other cover when the covers are closed,'as shown axial alinement with one of the portions 11 .of the sound conveyer 9. The sound conveyers are so connected to the parts 11 as to permit ralsmg or lowering of the coversa-nd -the amplifiers connected thereto without forming a. break in or interrupting the continuity or varying the length of the sound passage at the points where the Same are connected. Each part 11, as shown, is provided with aportion 16 .itting within the smaller end of the amplifier with which it communiioo cates, the amplifier bearing against a circular collar 17 on the part 11. A rod 18 Vhaving headed ends bearing respectively against the rear end of the part 11 and a bracket 19 in the amplifier serves to hold each amplifier in proper position with respect to the sound .and amplifiers shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and in that the stationary sound conveying member,9 with which the arm 8 communicates extends only to one side`of the cabinet, the

connection of the same with the sound amplifier being identical with that disclosed vfor each amplifier in Figs. 1 and 2. The single cover of the device disclosed in Fig. 3

will, of course, have two side walls, whereas the covers of the device of Figs.` 1 and-2 have but a single side wall.

Inboth forms of the invention herein disclosed, each cover and the sound conveyer movable therewith vare mounted for l pivotal movement about the same horizontal axis, which latter coincideswith the ceny ter or axis of the Itubular member X11 and the smaller endof the amplifier and with the axis of the rod 18. There is a continuous sound conveyer of fixed or-uniform length extending from the reproducer to 'the exit of the amplifier regardless of the vposition of the cover or covers, the amplification due tothe tapering of the soundconduit beginning at a Ipoint adjacent the reproducer arid i continuing gradually to the exit of the sound conveyen The reproducer and the record 'support are adapted to remain in operative relation to each other regardless of the p0- sition` of the cover. l Itis understood Ithat my invention is not limited to the precise apparatus shown, but

maybe varied within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a phonograph or talkin machine, v

the combination of sound repro ucing apparatus, a pivoted .cover therefor, -and a sound amplifier movable with sai-d cover and connected with said sound reproducing apparatus, the pivotal axis of said cover passlng through the axis of the smaller end of 'd said amplifierand extending lengthwise of the exlt portion of said amplifier, subst'an- I tially as described.

2. .In a phonograph or talking machine,

l the combination of a record support, a reproducer 1n operative relation thereto, aplu-' rality of covers for said reproducer and record support` movable about different axes, each of said covers having a sound amplifier mov-v able therewith, and sound conveying means connecting all of said amplifiers with said reproducer, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a .phonograph or talking machine, the combination of sound reproducing apparatus, a pivoted cover therefor, a sound amplifier movable with said cover, and a fixed tubular member communicating with said sound reproducing apparatus and said amplifier, the pivotal axis of said cover and amplifier beingcoincident with the axis of the exity portion of said fixed member and extending lengthwise of the exit portion of said amplifier, substantiallyas described.

4. In a phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a rotatable'record support, a reproducer in operative relation thereto, a movable cover for said record support and reproducer, a movable sound conveying arm connected with said reproducer, a sound amplifier movable with said cover about anaxis extending lengthwise of the exit portion of the amplifier, and a stationary,l sound conveying connection between said arm and said. amplifier, said amplifier and sound conveying connection vbeing of fixed length and in direct and uninterrupted communication during the opening and closing of said cover, substantially as described.

5. In a phonograph or talking machine,

the combination of a horizontal record support, a reproducenin operative relation thereto, aplurality of sound amplifiers mov- -able about substantially horizontalv axes which are0 out of ali-nement with the axes of the exitl portions of said ampli-fiers, and

soundconveying means connecting 'all of said amplifiers with said reproducer, said sound amplifiers being in direct and uninterrupted communication with said sound conamplifiers about said axes, substantially as described.

6. In af phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a record support, a re- .producer in operative relation thereto, a

plurality of covers for said'reproducer and record support movabie about spaced lsubstantially parallel axes, each of said covers having a sound amplifier movable therewith, and sound conveying means connecting all of said amplifiers with -said reproducer, substantially as described.

7. In a phonograph or `talking machine, the combination of a .record support, a re- ,producer in operativev relation thereto, ya plurality of movable covers for said repro-` ducer, a -sound amplifier movable with each cover and sound lconveying means connecting all of said amplifiers with said reproducer,

said sound amplifiers being in directl and uninterrupted communication with said veyingmeans during. the movement of said sound conveying means during the opening or closing of said covers, substantially as described.

8. In a phonograph or talking machine,

the, combination of a record support, a reproducer in operative relation thereto, aplurality of pivoted covers for said reproducer and record support, a sound amplifier movable with each cover, and sound conveying means connecting all of said ampliers with said reproducer, the pivotal axis of each cover extending lengthwise of the exit portion of the amplifier movablewith said cover, substantially as described.

9. In a phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a record support, a reproducer in operative relation thereto, a plurality of pivoted covers for said reproducer and record support, a sound amplifier movable with each cover, and sound conveying means connecting all of said ampli- -fiers with said reproducer, the pivotal axis of each cover extending lengthwise yof the exit portion of the amplifier movable with said cover, and being coincident With the axisof one of the exits of said sound conveying means, substantially as described.

10. In a phonograph or talking machine,

'the combination of record supporting means,

sound reproducing means in operative relation thereto, a plurahty of movable covers `for said sound reproducing means, sound amplifying means movable with each cover,

and sound conveying-means connecting said sound amplifying means with said sound .reproducing means, said sound amplifying means being in direct and uninterrupted communication With sald sound conveymg means during the opening or closing of said covers substantially as described.

11. In a phonograph or talking machine, the combination of sound reproducing apparatus comprising a reproducer, a pivoted ,cover for said sound reproducing apparatus, said sound reproducing apparatus being operative for both open and closed positonsof said cover, and sound conveying means connected with said reproducer and comprising a sound amplifier movable with said cover, the pivotal axis of said cover extending lengthwise of the exit por- 

